It was six years ago that it closed. During that time the fabric of the Grade II listed building has detoriated badly. The fading green facade is graffiti covered, the roof badly damaged, and windows boarded up.
But, finally, a new manifesto for a pub where Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels are believed to have drunk is beginning to take shape. The pair are thought to have supped there together as they formulated the ideas of communism in the 19th century.
Now scaffolding has been erected in the last week around the The Crescent pub on the A6 in Salford in preparation for it to roar back as The Red Dragon - its original name.
